Surviving in the chaos of war begins in the wilderness.

Chapter 14 Double Happiness

In the darkness, upon discovering that the wild boar herd had arrived as expected, Zhou Ye immediately began his operation.

A high platform had already been erected behind the gate. Zhou Ye first placed bundles of wooden javelins on it, and then climbed up to the platform himself.

They stuck the torch aside and looked out by its light.

Then I could vaguely see the dark silhouettes of several wild boars, playing and frolicking around the old camp under the cover of night.

Zhou Ye was furious. These beasts were too arrogant! Did they think he was a sitting duck? They didn't take him seriously at all?

After waiting a while, Zhou Ye noticed two wild boars, one large and one small, approaching. He then let out a provocative shout: "You stinking boars, come on over here if you dare! Do you think I'm afraid of you? Damn it!"

The two wild boars turned their heads and looked over, their eyes clearly showing some confusion. They couldn't understand what Zhou Ye was saying and had no idea what was wrong with this little insect.

However, at that moment, Zhou Ye already had a javelin in his hand. With a "whoosh," he threw the javelin accurately at the two wild boars.

Although I've added 1 point to strength, it's still -2 strength, so the throwing distance of the javelin is still the same.

But such behavior was extremely insulting. The two wild boars were clearly provoked. They pawed at each other and let out threatening growls.

"Whoosh—!"

Another javelin fell onto the head of the big wild boar, only to be bounced off its thick, massive head.

Such repeated insults are simply intolerable.

Without further hesitation, the two wild boars charged towards the gate...

Realizing the wild boars had fallen for the trap, Zhou Ye's lips curled into a slight smile. However, he didn't stop hurling his wooden javelin at the two boars, continuing to hurl... insults at them.

The two wild boars finally charged to the gate, only a few steps away.

Suddenly, a loud "boom" was heard. The ground collapsed, and two wild boars fell into the trap, their bodies pierced by the dense array of sharp wooden stakes below.

This was the trap Zhou Ye had dug during the day, and sure enough, those two stupid pigs fell for it.

Suddenly struck by severe injuries, the two wild boars let out pitiful howls, instantly alerting the entire herd. The ground trembled, and the group of boars charged forward like swarms, rushing towards the gate...

However, visibility is not very good in the dark.

When the herd of wild boars discovered the trap on the ground, the first few couldn't stop in time and were also pushed into the pit by the boars behind them.

The wild boar herd immediately descended into chaos. But Zhou Ye wasn't about to let those beasts get away. He aimed at the group of wild boars under the gate and, "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." hurled his weapons incessantly.

Faced with such a live target, Zhou Ye was incredibly excited. He didn't realize that his skill panel was constantly updating: Basic Throwing Experience Points +2, +3, +2…

That said, wooden javelins aren't very powerful. Plus, with the two wild boars below as stepping stones, the subsequent wild boars weren't seriously injured.

Therefore, after the initial panic, most of the wild boars jumped out of the pit, leaving only one medium-sized one behind.

However, faced with such a sudden turn of events, the wild boar herd became extremely panicked. After a period of aimless running around, they became terrified and fled into the forest without looking back…

……

In the dawn light, the three wild boars had already been dragged into the camp.

Faced with such a harvest, Zhou Ye couldn't stop smiling; last night was indeed a double celebration.

One is the increase in basic throwing experience points. I didn't expect that in just one battle, my basic throwing mastery would already have 34 experience points? The stat bar has already passed a third of its length?

Therefore, it's clear that combat does indeed stimulate experience point gains, and it's not limited by the daily 8-point limit. If you want to quickly improve your martial arts skills, you'll need to hone them in combat later... No! No, no!

Zhou Ye immediately came to his senses. He had almost gone astray. He needed to stay calm and not be reckless. He should stick to the principle of "safety first"!

The other one was those three wild boars.

The largest of them was a sow weighing over 300 jin (approximately 150 catties). The smaller one weighed 40-50 jin (approximately 20-25 catties), and the medium-sized one weighed over 100 jin (approximately 50 catties).

Let's deal with these wild boars first.

However, when they removed the internal organs, they found that the sharp wooden stake had not damaged the wild boar's intestines. Zhou Ye thought for a moment and then chose the two larger ones, peeling off all their entrails.

It's best not to eat wild boar's internal organs. Wild boar skin is also not very useful.

After cleaning it up, they found that the wild boars had indeed gone far away, so they threw the dirty stuff far away into the forest.

At this moment, Zhou Ye began to consider what to do with the wild boar meat. To be honest, this was a happy problem—there was just too much meat left over.

If we take it all back, 20 catties of salt won't actually be enough to make salted meat.

Well then... let's just stay here and smoke!

Zhou Ye carefully selected the meat, finally keeping only the smaller one, along with a row of ribs, a hind leg, and over 30 jin of fatty meat. He also cut off another 60 jin of fat, which would be used to render lard. He then cut up all the remaining wild boar meat, which would be smoked.

They kept the small hut where the leader lived and cleared out the soldiers' huts. They blocked all the doors and windows and used it as a smokehouse.

Anyway, there was no shortage of firewood for smoking at the old campsite, and Zhou Ye even specially selected a large pile of pine wood...

And so, rows of wild boar meat hung on the racks. A fire had been lit underneath, and dripping grease made the fire crackle.

The smoking process takes a considerable amount of time, approximately a day. This allows for another day of lingering, ensuring the wild boar herd completely departs.

I went into the nearby mountains and found some wild onions and ginger. After chopping them up, I started rendering lard...

The next afternoon, Zhou Ye carried the first batch of harvest back to the small camp.

More than 5 kilograms of salt were used to marinate the hind leg and the ribs. Since the first two pieces of salted meat had been completely eaten, some needed to be stored as a reserve.

The little pig was preparing to roast a suckling pig. As for the few pounds of pork cracklings left over from rendering the lard, they could be saved for later. The pork belly was chopped into minced meat, mixed with various seasonings, stuffed into sausage casings, and made into quite a few sausages.

Unexpectedly, after making the sausages, Zhou Ye found that there was still a lot of minced meat left. So he went to the vegetable garden to cut some chives, made chive filling, and then made a lot of dumplings.

Let's have roast suckling pig tomorrow! We'll just have dumplings for today.

At dinner, Zhou Ye devoured all the dumplings, drinking the broth to aid digestion. He couldn't help but feel tears welling in his eyes; he was homesick. This was the taste of home!

It's truly unforgettable. Nothing tastes better than dumplings!